KOOKOOSKOOS, WHO CATCHES 

 THE WRONG RAT 



OOKOOSKOOS is 

 the big brown owl, 

 the Bubo Virginia- 

 nus, or Great Horned 

 Owl of the books. 

 But his Indian name 

 is best. Almost any- 

 night in autumn, if 

 you leave the town 

 and go out towards 

 the big woods, you 

 can hear him calling 

 it, Koo-koo-skoos, 

 koooo, kooo! down in 

 the swamp. 



Kookooskoos is 

 always catching the wrong rat. The reason 



is that he is a great hunter, and thinks that 

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